Municipal News

The Williams Lake City Council denied financial assistance to a Strata Park to repair a waterline that has a major leak, and will cost the Strata members $12,000. The City Council then approved the purchasing of two small infrastructure items that were in need of replacement.

Residents of the Russet Bluff Subdivision will have to boil water for the time being.  The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has issued a Boil Water Notice for the Russet Bluff Water System effective immediately until further notice as the upper well of the water system cannot keepup with the demand on the water supply.

A Boil Water Notice issued by the Cariboo Regional District is in effect for Lac La Hache Water System users.

The Evacuation Alert for the Mount Davidson Fire Area has been lifted by the Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre.

Chief Clifford LeBrun of Lhtako Dene, and Mayor of the District of Wells, Ed Coleman, signed a new charter that guarantees the two governments will work together for the next 'Seven Generations of Decision Making' on major infrastructure projects that will help grow and sustain the communities.

A new way to process food waste into compost that meets Provincial regulations for composting will be available in the very new future.

Quesnel City Council approved four bylaw rezonings and construction on a "much-needed" new apartment building on Anderson Drive in July 29's City Council Meeting. An apartment building, proposed by BC Housing, at 230 Anderson Drive, has been given the green light to get underway by Quesnel City Council. The apartment building is specially designed to be second-stage women's transistion housing.

This year the District of 100 Mile House is marking it's 60th Anniversary of Incorporation.

The Cariboo Regional District is contributing funding to support the construction of a childcare centre with Interior Health. Finding a childcare and daycare centre in the Cariboo-Chilcotin is one of the main reasons bringing in long-term healthcare professionals to the region has been difficult, says Al Richmond, Chair of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Board (CCRHD).